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Community-Wide Service Day

Various Locations IL, United States

Looking for service hours? Church groups, scout troops, friends, students, and families are invited to help with service projects including river and local park clean-up throughout the community. Sign up today! Meet at Cole Administrative Center at 101 W. Illinois Av., Aurora.

Free

Earth Day Cleanup

Miller Meadow - South 1st Avenue and Roosevelt Rd, Forest Park, IL, United States

Celebrate Earth Day by helping clean up litter in the Preserves. We’ll have litter pick up supplies for individuals or families to check-out.

Free

Earth Day Tree Planting

Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve 35W076 Villa Maria Road, St. Charles, United States

Each year, the Forest Preserve District of Kane County hosts a planting event in honor of Earth Day. We need the public's help to plant hundreds of trees on this special occasion. The District's Natural Resources staff will dig the holes, while volunteers do the planting. Come place the trees in pre-dug holes, tamp-down dirt,...

Free

Earth Day Family Event

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United States

Join us as we enjoy the best of what Mother Nature has to offer – the chance to explore, discover, get muddy and play! Grab a net and catch critters in the pond; make a mud pie; become an expert birder; build a fort and more. The opportunities are endless when you’re playing in Nature’s...

$20 – $30

Community Clean-Up and Planting

North Central College 30 N. Brainard St, Naperville, IL, United States

Connecting with nature is a wonderful way to feel good! (And who couldn’t use another reason to feel good?) Kids will see collaboration in action as families come together to learn about the prairie, plant, help with river clean-up and talk about how organizations like The Conservation Foundation teach us to care for our planet...

Free

DuPage River Sweep: Lake Ellyn Cleanup

Lake Ellyn Park 645 Lenox Road, Glen Ellyn, IL, United States

Join the Park District's tradition of facilitating the annual DuPage River Sweep. Efforts will focus on Lake Ellyn, whose waters enter the river system. Help remove trash from the shoreline and throughout the park. Please bring rubber boots or hip waders if you have them. Buckets, gloves, garbage bags, a limited number of garbage pickers,...

Free

Clean-Up, Green-Up

Westlake Park 307 Edgewater Drive, Bloomingdale, IL, United States

Celebrate the fifth Annual Clean-Up, Green-Up Day at Westlake Park by helping with park cleanup, invasive species removal, landscaping and more! Organized by Westlake Park Adopt-A-Park sponsor Simmons Knife &Saw, this volunteer event celebrates community pride and civic responsibility. To volunteer please email parks@bloomingdaleparks.org.

Free

Back to School Supply Drive at the Lawn

Oakbrook Center 100 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, United States

Come out to Oakbrook Center's Movies on the Lawn to see "Uncharted" on Wednesday, July 26 at 7p.m. and bring some NEW school supplies to support People's Resource Center's Back to School Supply Drive! When you donate between 5p.m. and 7p.m., receive a FREE box of popcorn* to enjoy during the movie. People's Resource Center's...

Free

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